Green Tea Nutrition Benefits Regarding Cancer

For many a year Green Tea has been, for the Chinese, the best nutrition tea out of all teas. They have been using its wondrous powers and capacity to heal and prevent illness for well over 4,000 years now. I will be giving you details of some of these powers in this article…

To begin with, the reason why Green Tea stands out against other teas is that it is produced differently. Its leaves are steamed during production which prevents any of the antioxidants from being destroyed or changed. Other teas such as Oolong Tea and White Tea’s leaves are fermented, changing the antioxidants into other forms. The main antioxidant in Green Tea that holds most of the ‘power’ is a catechin polyphenol called Epilgallocatechin Gallate, in short EGCG.

EGCG is primarily a flavanoid, and is similar to however more powerful than its cousin flavanoids that can be found in foods such as grapes, strawberries, red wine, broccoli and green cabbage. EGCG has the ability to attach itself to protein cells that are found in tumor cells and drastically reduce their growth. A receptor that develops on the surface of cancer cells called Laminin, was put with concentrate of EGCG and the results showed huge reductions in further growth of these type of cells. These results were revealed in April’s issue of Nature Structural and Molecular Biology magazine. The piece also revealed that the amounts of EGCG that were used to bring these results, is equivalent to the amount you can get yourself daily from drinking just 3 cups of Green Tea.

Another finding, by Dr. H -H Sherry Chow of University of Arizona, Tucson, revealed that the body creates within itself detoxifying enzymes called Glutathione S- Transverase (GST). These GST enzymes help the body defend against toxic and cancer causing compounds. Dr. Chow’s study showed that GST enzymes were activated by EGCG. In a group of people who had low GST levels, using concentrated Green Tea extracts, had an 80% increase in production of GST. Thus their defence against cancer was heightened dramatically. The Green Tea extract used was more potent than you would get from having a few cups of this nutrition tea a day, however you can see why regular intake of Green Tea will help on a continual basis to keep these GST enzymes activated, growing and defending.

Another amazing find shows that EGCG has the capability of reacting with Leukaemia cells in that it can stop contact between the cells, which prevents them from growing and multiplying anymore. On this note I would also like to point out that, in spite of of the many Green Tea products that are available to buy for your skin, or extracts you can take as supplements – a freshly poured cup of Green Tea is the best way to avail of these powerful antioxidants it holds. During production, as I stated earlier, the leaves are steamed dry, thus saving all antioxidant concentrates. When the leaves or tea bag are soaked in hot water, this allows the antioxidants to disperse in the water. Therefore this is the freshest way you can take full advantage of the potency straight away, before it is produced once or twice more to make an extract or a cream. Get it in its best state!

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